Kyrie: itt we discuss his latest horrible thing

...jfk?

He said what he shoulda said a few days ago. Honestly kinda surprised he apologized

Kyrie Irving statement: “To All Jewish families and Communities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry to have caused you pain, and I apologize.” pic.twitter.com/3dYRHXnIEm

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 4, 2022

lmao doing research on YHWH

lmao doing research on YHWH

i wonder who finally convinced him that he was about to toss his career away.

I think his name is 5 game paycheck

Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

lol third time's the charm you asshole

Kevin Durant: “I’m not here to judge somebody or talk down on the life or how they feel their views. I just didn't like anything that went on. I felt like it was all unnecessary. I felt like we could have just kept playing basketball and kept quiet as an organization.” #nets

— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) November 4, 2022

Just wanna clarify the statements I made at shootaround, I see some people are confused..I don’t condone hate speech or anti-semetism, I’m about spreading love always. Our game Unites people and I wanna make sure that’s at the forefront

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) November 4, 2022

anti-semitism is apparently a very difficult word to spell

Lol these fellas just can’t help themselves. He just wants to shut up and dribble but can’t do it

lmao its true

“ I see some people are confused.”

- The nets

pretty lame stuff from KD. i actually thought kyrie's apology was fairly heartfelt, if still a bit defensive. you could at least tell he wrote it himself w/ the typos and such

kinda interesting that these guys really dont want to play the pr game, almost have to respect it except for the fact that theyre doing terribly and cant admit that fake hitler quotes are bad

the way to not play the pr game is the way marshawn lynch played it which now he's spun into a post playing career / money stream

yeah part of the problem is the kyrie and kd are grumpy and unlikable where marshawn is cool and charming also i dont think he ever got into any hitler shit

yeah sorry not that part of it just more the i dont want to be here answering these dumb questions (about the game i just played or whatever) part. kd chose grumpiness instead of being the fun loving guy he was early on

KD smokes a lot of weed too I can see him just being like "nah I don't wanna talk about this, peace and love xoxo Ringo"

i actually thought kyrie's apology was fairly heartfelt

my take is that he finally 'got' the fact that there was genuine hurt he caused and he's sorry about that. but it also sounds like he'll consider this belated apology is enough to 'make it all better', letting him just slough it off as something over and done. His belief in his own 'research' won't be altered by it and his reckless clueless behavior will continue on its merry way.

really smart time to post something vague like this

Can’t even tell the truth no more

— kuz (@kylekuzma) November 4, 2022

folks I hate to break this to you but kyrie did not write that apology. we’ll see how well he expresses himself when he’s in front of the mic again

ok maybe the typos make it less likely it was some
PR flak, but the near-180 in less than 24 hours doesn’t scream sincerity to me. but I guess I’ve never had that kind of money on the line

its a single tiny step in the right direction but he's kyrie so two steps back will be coming soon enough

“For nearly a week, Tsai kept extending the clock to give Irving a chance to get this right for himself, the franchise and the Jewish community -- and Irving never returned a single of his text messages, sources said.”

- @wojespn pic.twitter.com/WDdNFUaahg

— NBACentral (@TheNBACentral) November 4, 2022

Lol why would anyone believes he somehow means it now? He's made it very apparent how he feels

i think he's made it known that he doesn't want to be pushed around by the media or mainstream society or whatever. i'm actually not sure how he really feels about much of anything. it's all this shell game w/ him, the "just asking questions" of it all

it's curious to me that the owner of the team has no ability to speak to one of his star players beyond sending him unanswered texts

what’s curious about it?

idk you’d think they’d be able to get the owner and player in the same room together. they do work at the same office after all

he does have one way suspend him until he talks to him

"From what I've been told, Joe Tsai is completely done with him (Kyrie)."

- Stephen A. Smith

(via @_Talkin_NBA)

pic.twitter.com/C1bN1RbdDl

— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) November 4, 2022

kd chose grumpiness instead of being the fun loving guy he was early on

the halcyon days of doo doo jump kd

eeeeewwwwwweeeeeee its velvet hoop wristband full of loot right next to my shoo---tin hand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAckBNsD7pE

me reaping:

Nike announces the company is suspending its relationship with Kyrie Irving, effective immediately, and will no longer launch his new Kyrie 8.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 5, 2022

i just bought some kyrie 8s two weeks ago lol

(the best shoe for hooping imo)

who had "multiple shoe companies will release prominent celebrity spokespeople following anti-semitic twitter rants" on their 2022 bingo card

Avdija's teammate, meanwhile, the Wizards' Kyle Kuzma, addressed a tweet he sent on Friday that said, "can't even tell the truth no more." He said it was taken out of context and was in reference to a personal matter and not Irving's situation.

"Probably a product of wrong place, wrong time, for sure," Kuzma said. "Obviously, anyone who knows me, knows my character, I'm all about peace and love. I don't condone any discrimination or hate of any race, religion, politician, whatever you want to call it. But just unfortunate in the world we live in and how we all don't think the same."

James acknowledged Irving's apology, but pushed back at Irving's initial argument that he was not promoting the documentary by sharing its title and streaming information on his social media platforms.

"He caused some harm, and I think it's unfortunate," James said. "But I don't stand on the position to harm people when it comes to your voice or your platform or anything. So it doesn't matter what color your skin is, how tall you are, what position you're in. If you are promoting or soliciting or saying harmful things to any community that harms people, then I don't respect it. I don't condone it."

How tall you are, whether you’re a shooting guard or power forward, your ball handling abilities

whether it comes from gheorge muresan or muggsy bogues, hate has not place in our game

so youre a big man who cant rebound we all have our strengths and weakness and thats what makes life so beautiful

kuz really flirting with danger, him bringing sage to his press conference doesn’t exactly inspire confidence that the tweet wasn’t kyrie related

man theres so much woowoo in the world right now everyones getting into it

these athletes are like fucking scientologists man, thinking their dumb millionaire asses are special and beyond question or reproach

yeah the kuz excuse is not convincing

the halcyon days of doo doo jump kd

― Clay, Friday, November 4, 2022 7:10 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

lol seeing that arcade cabinet still makes me laugh

The Nets have issued six conditions for Kyrie to return to the team, per @ShamsCharania

More here: https://t.co/qjkTTvYNqB pic.twitter.com/YjUR7cGjWn

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 6, 2022